A B737-300 captain reported that when flaps 5 were selected no trailing edge flap movement occurred ...

Narrative:

On the arrival flying downwind; the first officer asked for flaps 5. When I moved the flap handle to the flaps 5 position; there was no flap movement displayed on the flap position indicator. Both indicators remained at zero. After determining there were no popped circuit breakers; we got out the QRH and ran the checklist for no trailing edge flaps. The standby flap switch was armed and the flap switch was moved and held in the down position. Still there was no flap movement shown by the indicators. We did however have leading edge flaps extended. I checked the circuit breakers again and found the 'te flap drive AC' breaker had popped. After the cooling period; I reset the breaker; and once again tried the alternate flap switch. The breaker popped a second time. We continued the checklist and configured for a no flaps landing. After completing the checklist; I took the controls and asked the first officer to review the QRH and make sure nothing had been skipped. I continued on the controls to the landing. We had been given the left runway for landing. We wanted the longer right runway; so at this point we declared an emergency; requested the longer runway and landed without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-300 Captain reported that when flaps 5 were selected no trailing edge flap movement occurred so an emergency was declared; the QRH completed and a landing with Leading Edge devices only completed.

Narrative: On the arrival flying downwind; the First Officer asked for flaps 5. When I moved the flap handle to the flaps 5 position; there was no flap movement displayed on the flap position indicator. Both indicators remained at zero. After determining there were no popped circuit breakers; we got out the QRH and ran the checklist for No Trailing Edge Flaps. The Standby Flap switch was armed and the Flap switch was moved and held in the down position. Still there was no flap movement shown by the indicators. We did however have leading edge flaps extended. I checked the circuit breakers again and found the 'TE Flap Drive AC' breaker had popped. After the cooling period; I reset the breaker; and once again tried the Alternate Flap switch. The breaker popped a second time. We continued the checklist and configured for a no flaps landing. After completing the checklist; I took the controls and asked the First Officer to review the QRH and make sure nothing had been skipped. I continued on the controls to the landing. We had been given the left runway for landing. We wanted the longer right runway; so at this point we declared an emergency; requested the longer runway and landed without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1006916
Time
Date	201204
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Trailing Edge Flap
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 373
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

A B737-300 captain reported that when flaps 5 were selected no trailing edge flap movement occurred so an emergency was declared; the QRH completed and a landing with leading edge devices only completed.